Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New motherboard, usb-problems etc.

[pk <peterk2@coolmail.se>]

On 07/26/11 01:02, walt wrote:

> Hm.  Does the second machine have an EFI BIOS too?

No, "regular", old-style, bios.

> Hm again.  I see only 11 possibilities -- that's a binary three. (Thanks
> to Neil for that clever idea.)

:-)

> 1) You failed to notice those same errors the first time you booted the
>    usb stick.  (But something important has changed with your machine
>    because it won't boot from usb now, but boots the same code from dvd.)

The usb mouse worked in the regular ohci/ehci ports for the first boot.
Now, after booting the cd, when I put the mouse into the same port(s) I
get the same result (i.e. "... device descriptor bla error).

> 2) The live cd install disk lacks the correct drivers for your hardware.
>    (But then how did it boot the first time?)

Well, it does contain drivers for ohci/ehci and hid-devices so...

> 3) There is some EFI setting that you changed while fiddling with the EFI
>    GUI menu system.  (Is there a way to restore the EFI default settings?)

Could be a possibility of course but there's not a whole lot to change
in there... Hm... I installed a second nic in the machine into the only
pcie x1 slot (next to the graphic card) after booting for the first
time. I'm thinking perhaps there might be some conflict... the onboard
nic refuses to work properly also (as mentioned in my first mail)...
I'll try to put the nic into another slot, but...
...here's what lspci -v says about my nic's (but I can't detect anything
wrong - IRQs seems ok):

(this is the extra card I put in)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network
Connection
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        Memory at fe3c0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        Memory at fe300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        I/O ports at 9000 [size=32]
        Memory at fe3e0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Expansion ROM at fe380000 [disabled] [size=256K]
        Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [a0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=5 Masked-
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-1b-21-ff-ff-ad-78-9d
        Kernel driver in use: e1000e

(this is the onboard nic)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8432
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 76
        I/O ports at 8000 [size=256]
        Memory at d0004000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
        Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-
        Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-00-00-00-68-4c-e0-00
        Kernel driver in use: r8169

There's also an (binary) option 100 (i.e. 2^2 = 4):
Hardware malfunction. :-(
But then again 'tis strange that the usb ports work in the UEFI
screen... :-s

Thanks for the input, it does help!

Best regards

Peter K